How to Make a Full English Breakfast

This full English breakfast recipe, also known as a fry up or traditional English breakfast, has all the fixings for a filling feast: eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, bacon, baked beaks, and toast. Here's how to make one, using little more than a single skillet, plus a how-to recipe video.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Servings: 2 people

Calories: 545kcal

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Ingredients

▢ 2 to 4 slices bacon
▢ 2 to 4 links breakfast sausage, preferably pork or blood sausage
▢ 1 tablespoon neutral vegetable oil
▢ 2 medium-sized tomatoes, halved
▢ 4 ounces sliced white mushrooms
▢ 4 large eggs
▢ 1 13-ounce can baked beans, preferably Heinz
▢ Good bread and butter, for toast
▢ Salt and black pepper

Instructions

Cook the English breakfast Ingredients, in the Right Order

Preheat the oven to 185°F. This will be your warming oven to keep everything warm as you go. Get the baked beans heating in a small pot with their sauces.
Cook the meats. Heat a cast-iron skillet or frying pan over medium heat. Add the bacon and sausage and cook until the bacon fat has rendered, the bacon is cooked to your desired brownness, and the sausage is cooked through and lightly browned. Lower the heat to medium-low if the bacon is browning too quickly. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate and place the dish in the oven to keep warm.
Cook the vegetables. Drain any excess bacon fat from the skillet. Add the tomato halves, face down, to one side of the skillet. Add the mushrooms to the other. Season. Cook until done, stirring the mushrooms a couple of times and flipping the tomatoes once. The mushrooms should release their moisture and brown, and the tomatoes should be stewy inside with just a little grilling marks on the surface.
PRO TIP: You should still have a little grease to cook the vegetables. If you do not want to cook the vegetables in the meat fat, wipe it all out and add the vegetable oil instead.
Cook the eggs and make the toast. Remove the tomatoes and mushrooms from the skillet and add them to the warming plate in the oven. (Remember to use a pot holder on the plate!)
Re-grease the pan as necessary. Fry the eggs in the hot skillet sunny-side up or to taste. Now's the time to make your toast.

To Finish Your Traditional English Breakfast

Remove the warming plate from the oven and turn off the oven. Divide the meats, mushrooms, tomatoes, and a scoop of beans onto each plate. (You will have extra beans.)
Add the eggs and buttered toast. Season all over with salt and pepper and serve hot, preferably with a hot cup of English tea or coffee.

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Notes

This English breakfast recipe may seem like a lot, but do not be intimidated. This big ol' breakfast of champions comes together quickly and without any complicated technique. Go in order of the recipe steps for best success. The vegetables can be made in advance.

A word about blood sausage: If you can find blood sausage, it makes a very traditional--and yes, tasty--British substitution for the bacon or other meat.

Nutrition

Disclaimer: Nutrition information is provided for courtesy purposes only, and is an estimate not verified by medical or nutrition experts. Read the full nutrition disclaimer.